The Next Best Picture Podcast

"Kneecap" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received strong reviews and won the NEXT Audience Award. It has since gone on to be selected as Ireland's submission for Best International Feature Film at the upcoming Academy Awards. Feature debut writer and director Rich Peppiatt, along with Kneecap members Liam Óg "Mo Chara" Ó Hannaidh, Naoise "Móglaí Bap" Ó Caireall...

"Coup!" is a dark comedy film set against the backdrop of the 1918 flu pandemic and centers on a rebellious servant (Peter Sarsgaard) who incites a revolt against his affluent employer (Billy Magnussen). The film, written and directed by Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman, received positive reviews after its world premiere at last year's Venice Film Festival. Besides starring, Sarsgaard and Magnussen...

"Dìdi" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Writer and director Sean Wang and stars Izaac Wang & Joan Chen were all kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their experiences making the personal coming-of-age story, which you...

For this week's second podcast review, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Danilo Castro, and I are reviewing the feature directorial debut from Academy Award-nominee Sean Wang, "Dìdi," starring Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen & Chang Li Hua. After making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the independent Focus Features film went on to win the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ense...

"Thelma" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for Academy Award-nominee June Squibb's performance, her chemistry with the late Richard Rountree, the parody style of action filmmaking and its sweet depiction of the relationship between a grandparent and grandchild. We previously spoke with Director/Writer Josh Margolin, but now we're being join...

For Episode 403, Nadia Dalimonte, Cody Dericks, Sara Clements & Danilo Castro, and I have much to discuss. It was a massive week in the world of awards season as we got the Opening and Closing Night film announcements for the 62nd New York Film Festival (NYFF), the entire 2024 Venice International Film Festival lineup, and a large chunk of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lineup...

For this week's main podcast review, Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham, Alyssa Christian, Giovanni Lago, Will Mavity, and I are reviewing the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the latest "Deadpool" film and the latest "X-Men" film, ladies and gentlemen, this is "Deadpool & Wolverine" starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin & Matthew Macfadyen. A teacup film fans have been wai...

"Starve Acre" had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 12th, 2023, where it received positive reviews for its performances from Morfydd Clark ("Saint Maud") and Matt Smith ("House Of The Dragon"), suspenseful and moody direction from Daniel Kokotajlo, and his writing on grief. Clark was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her work on the film, which you ca...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2010 retrospective continues with Ben Affleck's Boston crime drama "The Town". Starring a stellar cast including Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite & Chris...

"The Boys" is one of the world's most successful and popular shows. The fourth season has recently finished airing, and now everyone is waiting with great anticipation for the fifth and final season. Composer Christopher Lennertz and Visual Effects Supervisor Stephan Fleet were kind enough to spend some time talking with me about their work on the latest season, how their work has changed across t...

"Deadpool & Wolverine" is one of 2024's most anticipated films. Arriving at a time when the MCU so desperately needs a shot in its arm, the third "Deadpool" film brings Hugh Jackman's Wolverine back from the dead after his Oscar-nominated send-off in 2017's "Logan" to combat a new threat, but not before they tear and claw into each other first. Executive Producer Wendy Jacobson and Marvel Studios...

"Oddity" had its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in the Midnighter section of the festival. Actors Carolyn Bracken & Gwilym Lee were kind enough to spend a few minutes with us talking about their characters, the jump scares, interpretations of the film's ending, and more, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is no...

For Episode 402, Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien, and I are previewing what we believe might be announced this week for the 2024 Venice International Film Festival. We also react to the trailers for "Conclave," "Anora," "A Different Man," "The Deliverance," reveal the winners of the last week's poll asking "Which Is Your Favorite Disaster Film," ask this week's poll question, "Which Has Been Yo...

For this week's main podcast review, Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham, Sara Clements, Dan Bayer & Giovanni Lago, and I are reviewing the latest film from director Lee Isaac Chung, "Twisters," starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney & Sasha Lane. A standalone sequel to the 1996 smash-hit film "Twister," have audiences been feeling this summer blockbuster enou...

"Young Woman And The Sea" was released in theaters for a limited theatrical run earlier this year and is now widely available to be streamed on Disney+. Scoring some of the highest test scores in the studio's history, the inspirational true story of Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle is backed by a rousing, gorgeous score by English composer Amelia Warner. A few days after watching the film in theaters and b...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For Episode 45 of The Next Best Series Podcast, I'm joined by Nadia Dalimonte & Alyssa Christian. Together, we react to the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations. We discuss who got in, who missed, who on the team per...

"Touch" is a romantic and thrilling story from Director/Writer Baltasar Kormákur that spans several decades and continents. It tells the story of an elderly widower's emotional journey to find his first love, who disappeared fifty years ago. The film has received solid reviews for its writing, direction, and performances, and Kormákur was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his w...

“Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger” had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, where it received rave reviews for delving into the films and careers of two of the greatest storytellers the medium as ever known: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. From “Black Narcissus” to “The Red Shoes,” to “A Matter of Life and Death,” to “The Tales...

For Episode 401, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago & Will Mavity, and I are discussing the numerous trailers released this week. We're excited to share our insights on what these trailers may reveal about the Oscar race and the current state of the film industry as we go over other bits of film news that dropped this week as well. The trailers we'll be covering include "Gladiator II," "Captain America: B...

For this week's main podcast review, Ema Sasic, Brendan Hodges & Will Mavity, and I are reviewing the latest film from director Osgood Perkins, "Longlegs," starring Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Choi-Lee & Dakota Daulby. In what has been billed as one of the scariest films ever made and with many comparisons to "Se7en" and "The Silence Of The Lambs," NEON's new...

"Longlegs" has been backed by one of the most innovative marketing campaigns of the year. With its dark storyline and spine-chilling visuals, it's no wonder that audience anticipation is at an all-time high for the latest horror film from director Osgood Perkins. Both he and the film's star, Maika Monroe, graciously shared their insights about their work on the film with me, while Cody Dericks del...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2010 retrospective continues with David O. Russell's "The Fighter" starring Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee & Frank Renzulli. Considered at the time to be a comeback film for O. Russell, t...

"Bridgerton" is one of the world's most visually captivating shows. A massive success for Netflix, and now in its third season, the Emmy Award-winning series looks stunning, and much of that is due to the work of cinematographer Alicia Robbins. Robbins was kind enough to spend her time speaking with us about her work on the latest series, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out...

For Episode 44 of The Next Best Series Podcast, I'm joined by Daniel Howat & Giovanni Lago. Together, we give our final Emmy nomination predictions, which will be announced on July 17th. Please listen as we debate who we feel will be nominated, who might miss out, who will be the returning favorites amongst the Television Academy, and which shows we selfishly hope will have a good nomination morni...

For Episode 400 (!!!), Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien, and I discuss our first Oscar predictions for 2024. We also make some announcements regarding the podcast moving forward (including ad-free episodes now available on our Patreon), go over the polls revealing what films you're looking forward to for the rest of 2024, give our reactions to the trailers for "F1," "Bando Stone & The New Worl...